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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-5543

The F5 BIG-IP Controller for Kubernetes 1.0.0-1.5.0 (k8s-bigip-crtl) passes BIG-IP username and password as command line parameters, which may lead to disclosure of the credentials used by the container.

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CVE-2018-5543
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1 Nov 2026, 08:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-5543

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Jul 2018, 14:29 UTC

The F5 BIG-IP Controller for Kubernetes 1.0.0-1.5.0 (k8s-bigip-crtl) passes BIG-IP username and password as command line parameters, which may lead to disclosure of the credentials used by the container.

osv:CVE-2018-5543
Complete source record
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  "id": "0eeb762ade3f1d06df58c58f86ea1fc5a8ff8d8ca2ac118abf7a53b40338bc4b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5543",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-5543",
    "summary": "The F5 BIG-IP Controller for Kubernetes 1.0.0-1.5.0 (k8s-bigip-crtl) passes BIG-IP username and password as command line parameters, which may lead to disclosure of the credentials used by the container.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-5543",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-5543",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-5543"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3997043c591d6574e141bc2bbf534fa1b5917243"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "fcc511c0d1863c075e6ff3d40b66c0f366d013c1"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_controller:*:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.5.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-5543.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:01.674178140Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K58935003"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-5543",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439840,
  "published_at": "2018-07-31T14:29:00.857+00:00"
}